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HEATING DEVICE F SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,412, dated September 6, 1887.

Application filed August 23, 1886.

To all 107mm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Fnnnnaror: W. Sny- MOUR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at XVheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of Vest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Dinner-Pail, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation'to improvements in that class of utensils or articles used for carrying prepared meals in, and having means located within the pail for heating whatever of the repast may be desired, but more especially for boiling or heating decoctions; and the object is to providea dinner-pail which is simple and completein construction and which will accomplish the object speedily and with certainty, without the fumes of combustion pervading the meal.

My invention therefore consists in the novel construction of parts and their combination, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and specially as'is pointed out in the claims.

I have fully illustrated my improved dinnerpail in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the dinnerpail with the interior adjuncts or parts in position. Fig. 2 is a top view of the dinner-pail. Fig. 3 is a perspective of one end of the pail with a portion broken away, and showing the holes for the exit of products of combustion. Fig. at is a perspective of the boiler. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the boiler-stand, the form of blank being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the under side of the lid to show the knife and spoon holders; and Fig. '7 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line a" reef Fig. 1, showing thelid and flange in position.

The same parts in the drawings are referred to by similar notations, and, reference being had thereto, the letter A designates the pail proper, made of any of the metallic materials used for such purposes, and is of rectangular shape, the interior being divided into two compartments by a partition-plate, 1, which does not reach to the top edges of the pail, the top edge of this partition serving as a rest for the side flange of the boiler, the smaller of the compartments being used for heating purposes and the larger as a repository for storing away the meal. In the lower part of the end wall of the heating-chamber is cut a hole, 2, large Serial No. 211,601. l'Nomodcl.)

enough to admit a lamp, 3, the hole being closed by a door, 4:. The lamp may he held in the chamber by any proper fastening. In the end and extending along the sides of the pail to about the width of the heating-chamber is a number of holes, 5, for the exit of products of combustion, their position being just about at the top of the boiler, so as to take the current established below and coming up through the draft-holes in the end flanges on the boiler. A swinging bail, 6, is secured to the pail by any of the usual means.

The letter B designates a stand arranged in 6 the bottom of the heatingchamber, under which the lamp sits, and on which the boiler stands. This stand is struck out of a single piece of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 5 by the dotted lines, and the center of the top of the stand is cut out, as seen at 7, to let the flame of the lamp directly strike the bottom of the boiler. The ends of the top of .the.stand are perforated, as seen at 8, to form draft-holes to carry the heat into the chamber.

The letter C designates the boiler.

This IS preferabl y rectangular, as shown, and is made shorter than the width of the interior of the pail, in order that spaces 9 may be formed between the end walls of the boiler and the sides of the pail to form fines for the heat to pass upward. The ends of the top of the boiler are projectedhorizontally, as seen at 10, reaching over the spaces or flues between the ends of the boiler and the sides of the pail, and these projecting flanges are perforated, as seen at 11, the perforations forming draft-holes for the fines, the current of heat passing through the perforations in the stand, thence through the fines, out through the perforations in the end flanges on the boiler, and thence through the perforations in the pail. In order that the boiler may be more securely set in position on the side next to the partition of the pail, I secure a lip-flange, 12, which sets down on the 5 top edge of the partition and holds the boiler squarely. A bail is secured to the boiler, as shown.

The letter D designates the lid. This is provided with a retaining-flange, 13, the outer roo walls of which are inwardly inclined, so that the currents of heat coming up through the draft-holes are deflected and turned outwardly through the exit-holes in the sides and end of spring-tongues affording ready means for placing these articles in, and they can be withdrawn as readily when wanted for use. The blade of a knife and tines of a fork can be passed through and under the keepers and the handle turned under the spring-tongue and thus held.

This pail may be made in different sizes-to carry the dinner or lunch of a single person, or adapted to the purpose of delivering meals from the caterer.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a-dinner-pail divided into compartments by a transverse partition shorter than the height of the pail and provided with a series of perforations or draftholes about the heating-compartment, of a lid formed with a retaining-flange inclined inwardly, whereby the current of heat is deflected and turned in the direction of the draftholes, substantially as described.

2. The combination,with a dinner-pail having a partition shorter than the height of the pail and provided with a series of draft-holes about the upper parts of the heating-compartment, and an opening in the end provided with a door, of a boiler-stand having the ends of the top plate perforated, a boiler fitting between the end wall of the pail and the partition and shorter than the width of the pail, and proof the pail, of a boiler fitting between the end wall and the partition and shorter than the width of the pail, and provided with end flanges having perforations, and a side flange to set over the partition of the pail and sustain the boiler, substantially as described,and for the purpose stated.

4. The combination,with the heating-chamber of adinner-pail, of a boiler smaller in crosssection area than the crosssection area of the heating-chamber, and provided with perforated side flanges extended to the sides of the heating-chamber, substantially as described, and for the purpose stated.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

FREDERICK W. SEYMOUR.

Attest:

HENRY SONNEBORN, D. Z. PHILLIPS. 

